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INVENTOR QQ/W ' UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

SARKIS H. SEKIAN, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR IRONING SHlRT-FRONTS OR OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,698, dated February14, 1899.

Application filed December 5, 1898. Serial No. 698,339. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARKIS HAROUTIOU SEKIAN, a subject of the Sultan ofTurkey, residing in Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines forIroning Shirt-Fronts or other Articles, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to that class of ironing-machines embodyinga table reciprocating beneath an ironing device and provided with anironing-block mounted on the table to turn on a vertical axis to presentthe article to be ironed at different positions in a horizontal plane.

The invention consists in an improved manner of mounting theironing-block on the table, as will be more fullydescribed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of an ironing-machinehaving my invention embodied therein. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalelevation on the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of theironing-block and its circular base-plate. Fig. 4 is a sectionalelevation of the ironing-block and its support in modified form. Fig. 5is a top plan view of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, and referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, Arepresents a table mounted, as usual, in the frame of the machine toreciprocate horizontally beneath a heated ironing-roller B. D representsan ironing-block adapted to give support to the article to be ironed andcarry the same in contact with the ironing-roller as the table isreciprocated beneath the same. This block is provided with a base Erigidly connected thereto and firmly fastened on a circular base-plateF, extending the entire length of the block and mounted to turn on avertical axis in a circular guideway or recess f, formed in the upperface of the table, this arrangement permitting the block to be turned ona vertical axis in a horizontal plane, so that the article to be ironedmay be presented to the roller in' different positions. By extending thebaseform of my invention.

plate the entire length of the block the latter is afforded an extendedsupport, so that there will be little or no liability of the blocktipping. This insures the article to be ironed being presented to theroller at all times in a truly horizontal position, by reason of whichthe pressure of the article will be uniform at every point.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a modified Here it will be seen thatinstead of forming a recess in the table to receive the circularbase-plate the latter is seated in a circular socket formed by a ring G,fixed on the upper side of the table. It will also be seen that thecircular base-plate is provided at its center, in its under side,with asocket receiving a vertical pivot-pin g, projectin'g upward from thetable. This pin serves to assist in guiding the plate in its rotation,effectually preventing the same from binding or sticking in its socket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In anironing-machine the combination with an ironing device B and areciprocating table movable thereunder, of an ironing-block and acircular base-plate extending the length of the block on which thelatter is secured, said table being provided with a circular guideway inwhich the base-plate is seated to rotate.

2. In an ironing-machine the combination with an ironing device B and areciprocating table movable thereunder and provided with a circularguideway, of an ironing-block, a circular base-plate on which it isfixed, said base-plate being mounted in the guideway of the table, and acentral pivot-pin g on which the base-plate is mounted to turn at itscenter.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing.

witnesses.

S. H. SEKIAN.

Witnesses: i

J. OWDEN OBEIEN, H. BARNFATHER.

